Spelling Quizzes from the Evening News

These wacky spelling quizzes are a fun way to practice many commonly
misspelled words. See how many mistakes you can find in each fake news
report. Then check your answers.

Teachers,
we've made a printable
version
of these short reports with spaces for students to write each
misspelled word correctly. You can assign just one story at time for
short review periods, if you prefer.

Spelling Quizzes

#1 Weather Report

Todays weather will be chili and windy. Be sure
to bundle
up so you don’t catch a cold, or even worse, pnuemonia!

Tomorrow we’ll begin a pleasent
warming trend, although I
can’t garantee perfect weather. By the afternoon, we’re likly to
expereince
thunder, lightening and heavy rain. I reccommend you carry an umbrella
if your
going to be outside.

#2 News Update

On Wednsday, the goverment released
it’s latest environmental report for our county. It stated our
inland lakes are not
contaminated as first suspected.

In fact, the efforts by our local
busineses
to reduce both water and air pollution are producing excellent results.
Two
independant studies are in agreement with these latest findings.

Wednesday, government, its, business, independent

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#3 Sports Report

Outfielder Joe Smith put in an unbelieveable
performence
yesterday, hiting a record forteen home runs in a single game. Needless
to say,
he and his teamates were the winners of the game.

When
asked how he was able to hit so many balls out of the
park, Joe answered, “I am in better physical condition then ever
before. I’ve
been lifting hunderd-pound wieghts with my index finger, joging eigty
miles a
day, and exaggerating just a little!"

#4 Traffic Update

Its neccesary to avoid the
westbound lane of the
expressway between exits 9 and 11. A truck carring a load of
fresh fruits and
vegetables overturned, spilling carrots, beets, onions and bananas all
over the
road.

Police say the
pavement is extremly slick and messy. They
say the bananas have especialy caused problems because of there
slippery
skins. Road crews expect to have the highway cleared within the next
hour.

Also, on
Highway 6 there is a five-car accident, caused when
a car stoped suddenly to avoid three deer that ran out in front of it.
So
you’ll definitly want avoid that area.

Online
Spelling Games
- Check your knowledge of correct homonym usage with this one. Simple
to play. Great for upper elementary, middle school, high school,
college students, and anyone who needs to brush up on this important
skill.